there are two rules no murder and no giftboxes

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Who: Dangans of all kinds, other non-Dangan invited guests. Anyone who would be at the designated location who wants to party-crash. Although the designated location is, uh...
Where: Goldenrod City, in the Johto equivalent of Chuck E. Cheese
When: Forward-dated to the evening of March 14th. Because Lucy's going to be busy this weekend.
Summary: Nanami uses her birthday to take a bunch of people who wouldn't normally go to a kid's place to a kid's place (though she also invites some people who would be totally chill with it). There is an actual ball pit, what the hell Nanami.
Rating: PG13 at most for some people's language probably KUZURYUU.
Log:

It's pretty obvious by the time the actual location other than "in Goldenrod" is disclosed (though Nanami hands out the address and location so it's possible you could get there without realizing where you're going) that Nanami was completely the one who picked out where they're going. If Kuzuryuu or anyone else she brought up "eating dinner" with thought she would choose a nice sit-down restaurant or at least a legitimate restaurant, they were sorely mistaken. She has, of course, chosen the Johto equivalent of Chuck E. Cheese. Which is, of course, over-the-top with the Pokémon theme. Hands are stamped at the door to show that you've paid to be there.

There are arcade games, playable with tokens purchased and handed out at the door. Tickets are given over from the games based on winning or how well one won, and can turned in at the main counter for ridiculously cheesy prizes that mostly only children would be interested in. There are games other than arcades, such as skee ball and air hockey. There are claw machines with prizes within.

There's also a full-on child's playplace with climbing things, tubes to crawl through, slides, nets, etc. This includes a full-on ball pit.

The food is mostly pizza, although the menu also offers cold-cut sandwiches, buffalo wings, salad bars, and desserts. There's also cake, obviously, which was brought in with the party, as well as a pie. ...There is probably an animatronic show as they eat dinner because this is what Nanami picked and she's totally turning seventeen, the cake says so. There's a table decked out and reserved for the party, so claim a seat for your breaks and eating times and go have a blast! Clearly this night can only end gloriously.

Everyone not in the know of trigger lists would have been warned at some point prior to the party by Nanami not to bring gift-wrapped boxes (bags are apparently acceptable if they are plainish and not involving a lot of giftwrap, as are unwrapped things) with zero explanation of as to why this was.

Comments

[babel_hacker]

[After he gets inside, got his hand stamped and put down his present, Atsuro can be found being a dork as these places. His Porygon-Z is also out and with him, since the lil guy knows Nanami.]

ARCADE
[Guess who's surprised? No one? They should, since Atsuro love games and is definitely checking out what they have and PLAY THEM ALL.

If he's not playing a game, he might be walking around and watching people. Or speak up for a match.]

Hey! Up for a game?

PARTY TABLE
[He's munching happily on the pizza and the food. More so if there's any meat on them, since he loves meaty dishes. But he can't say no to the rest of the food. Just...as long it's not healthy salads full of veggies.

He might strike up a conversation with you, whether you're a friend or not.]

Playplace
[BALL PIIIIIIIIT.

Guess who's playing inside with a Porygon-Z? Aw yeah, it's this adult. Even twenty years old people can have fun playing with all of these balls.

And just for this, Atsuro's even going hatless for the ball pit. He doesn't want to lose his precious hat, alright?]

Head's up, Fortran!

[INCOMING THROWN BALLS.]

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!
[Pick how you want to interact with Atsuro or Fortran!]

[superordinary]

[ Hey, that's a familiar face! It's been a while since he last saw Atsuro in person (and last time was in that damn nightmare castle), so when Naegi spots him at the party table you can bet he's going to wander over and sit down near him. ]

Hi, Kihara-kun.

[babel_hacker]

[Atsuro looks up from grabbing a slice of pizza, and smiles when he see it's Naegi.]

Hey, Makoto. It's been a while!

[superordinary]

Yeah, it's sure been a while. [ He says, helping himself to a buffalo wing. ]

Last time we met we weren't exactly in the ideal place to hang out.

[babel_hacker]

Definitely. But I guess it could be a good place for a test of courage, if you cut out all of the actual danger in it.

[Nearby, Fortran is munching on his own food. And slowly...slowly edging towards Atsuro's plate...]

PLAYPLACE, ALWAYS

[konpeitoqueen]

[ATSURO YOU NEED TO WORK ON YOUR AIM BECAUSE THAT JUST FLEW RIGHT PAST SAIONJI'S HEAD]

-Eek! [DODGE. Okay great.] Who was the idiot who threw that?! It almost hit my face, dumb pig! [And so she carefully approaches the ballpit, to see... some weird guy she doesn't quite recognize yet.]

AW YIS

[babel_hacker]

[HEY NOW HIS AGI IS PRETTY GOOD EVEN WITHOUT MARKSMAN]

Huh? Oh, oops! Sorry about that, Saionji! [He apologises first by reflex, standing up straight in the ball pit. Surely Saionji would recognise this stupid otaku's voice.

He definitely recognise hers, at least! Kind of hard not to...]

[konpeitoqueen]

[THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE ONLY MOVE, AND OF COURSE HIS MAG STAT IS WORTH SHIT ANYWAY. Dump Marksman and all the 50% miss moves on him tbh]

Oh, it's you, Big Bro Atsuro. [SO PLEASE TO SEE YOU. SO PLEASED.] Why are you in the ballpit?

[...with the impression Atsuro's been giving off, she's actually been passing him off as 'big teenager' age. Whoops.]

[babel_hacker]

[DON'T TALK SHIT ABOUT HIS MAG. HE CAN EQUIP NULL ICE fun fact my atsuro attracts mabufudyne and keeps dying stop that]

What does it look like? I'm having fun with Fortran!

[Said Porygon-Z is somewhere in this area. Waiting. Watching.

...And to be fair, it's not like there's a lot of chances for Atsuro to act like his age.]

[konpeitoqueen]

[tbh once i can i just stop using atsuro altogether, especially if i'm on a route with izuna/amane]

Your what? Oh, the thing that got kidnapped too? [She's... looking around. There's a strange feeling... as if there's something searing into her back with a strong gaze... what the hell-

-oh, it just popped out the sea of plastic balls. Okay then.] I've much better to do than dirty myself playing around like a child.

[she totally didn't just climb around the whole tunnel system of course not]

[babel_hacker]

[wow way to bench a bro but okay izuna can pull off multistrike better than him]

Yep, that's him. [And there it is, just staring right at them. Jiiiiiiii.

Atsuro just raise a brow. Uh huh, right.]

If you're not playing around, then why are you in this area?

[konpeitoqueen]

Just making sure no one does anything stupid. If Big Sis Nanami's birthday does go wrong for any reason, I won't hesitate to kill the perpetrator on the spot.

[WHOA WHOA WHAT] Except you can't really kill people here, so I guess I'll make do with a fitting punishment.

[totally 1000% not bullshit she assures you]

[babel_hacker]

[Whoaaaaaaa there.]

Even if we can't kill people here, don't you think saying that is a little too much?

[HE DOESN'T MIND METAPHORICAL KILLING in the sense of giving them a stupid punishment or work. It's all in the tone and how it's worded.]

But I'm curious, what kind of fitting punishment?

[konpeitoqueen]

But we can't kill people, so it's not really a death threat, is it? [Saionji...]

It depends on what they did. I could crush them with stones, or poison them, or tie them to the bathtub while it fills with boiling water...

[babel_hacker]

[Whoaaaaa there. It doesn't help that he heard of someone literally being crushed by rocks before they wake up at the Pokemon Center before.]

Scratch that, wouldn't torture be a little too much in this case? What about good ol' forcing them to do chores and work for you?

BALLPIT I will never not choose this option

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Ah - ! [ Coming out of the slide, she'd accidentally fallen into the trajectory of the balls...Nanami throws up her hands, but they're caught mid-air, hovering. ] ...?

[ Oh, that's right. Her Musharna floats down the slide, and the balls drop as it lets them fall from its psychic grip. ]

...Ah, hello...did you go down the slide, too?

because who wouldn't love ballpits

[babel_hacker]

[Atsuro stares at first because wait, those balls are floating in mid-air!

...Until the Musharna comes out. Oh, right, psychic types.]

Eh? Ah, right! Yeah, I did come down the slide earlier, Chiaki.

[Fortran's head poke out from the ball pit, looking over at Chiaki and the Musharna.]

no one that's who

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It's a pretty fun one, right? Like going down a warp tube, I think.

[ ...At least Atsuro will get the reference, probably... ]

Ah, is that Fortran...? Hello.

soulless fools they are

[babel_hacker]

If warp tubes are anything like the slides, I could see why people like that transportation methods.

[Hi! Hi! The Porygon-Z waves with its blue arm.]

And yep, that's him. The lil guy behind that Poffin game app.

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He's the same as Galaga...a Porygon-Z.

[ Galaga who is currently in Nanami's gear, which is in her pocket. She likes to play games most of the time. ]

It's nice to meet you, Fortran.

[babel_hacker]

Oh, Galaga? I haven't heard that name in ages! Or play it, too.

[Fortran fully emerges from the ball pit, showing the rest of its body and floats over.

Hi, hi! It's nice to meet you, Chiaki!]

And I'm pretty sure he's saying the same back to you.

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Does he want to meet her...?

[ She's in the gear, so. Naanami could ask her to come out... ]

[babel_hacker]

[He looks over at Fortran.]

Well?

[Hmmmmm hmmmm hmmmm. And then a nod!]

I guess he does!

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Mm, okay.

[ Nanami pulls out her gear...

And out of it comes a Porygon-Z, who whistles inquisitively at Fortran. ]

...This is Galaga.

[babel_hacker]

And this is Fortran.

[Fortran waves at the other Porygon-Z.

Yoo.
Yoo.
Yoo!]